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		<title>A recipe for happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brit comedian Eddie Izzard does a bit about a school guidance counselor. &#8220;Aim lower, you&#8217;re British,&#8221; he advises, over and over. The student&#8217;s aspirations are gradually reduced to the comically macabre performance art of &#8220;putting babies on spikes.&#8221; If you&#8217;ve seen it (it&#8217;s in Dress to Kill), you&#8217;re smiling right now. If you&#8217;ve seen other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2010/03/16/the-secret-of-success/</link>
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		<title>The right to know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Olympics started with a tragic accident, and we watched Nodar Kumaritashvili die, over and over. NBC played those four seconds at every break, it seemed. I couldn&#8217;t watch it. Part of me wanted to, just to see, but I had to turn away and fast forward through it. Did you, like watching the proverbial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2010/02/13/the-right-to-know/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;We can neutralize your brain/You&#8217;ll feel just fine&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was sick last week &#8211; down with a flu for five days. An enforced stay-cation. Idleness without guilt. I spent most of my days on the couch watching TV and drinking tea. I watched a lot of TV &#8211; really, a lot. And so I feel I should take this opportunity to confess publicly: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2010/01/18/we-can-neutralize-your-brainyoull-feel-just-fine/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Enough for your meal&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re not fat enough to be an American.&#8221; I heard this statement recently on the BBC&#8217;s &#8220;Top Gear.&#8221; And it was funny. Even the young, not-at-all-fat American woman laughed, albeit uncomfortably, when it was said to her. According to the World Health Organization, the US falls at #3 worldwide in percentage of obese adults, behind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2010/01/04/enough-for-your-meal/</link>
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		<title>Day Seven &#8211; A dose of Santa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What happened to Day Six? you might ask&#8230; it happened, but I missed it. Yes, for the first time in my life, I missed a shift. I was mortified. The manager said, &#8220;It happens.&#8221; Really? Not to me. And no one called, so I didn&#8217;t even know I&#8217;d missed the shift until two days later. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2009/12/21/day-seven-a-dose-of-santa/</link>
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		<title>The Gorbals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bacon wrapped matzoh balls with horseradish cream; Sweet potato fritters with fried sage; Cucumber salad with toasted garbanzo beans, chili threads and a crispy sesame leaf; Chicken sandwich on homemade rye with pickled turnips; Sticky pudding with sage and brown sugar ice cream.
It is not a pretty neighborhood. We walked down hobo alley &#8211; where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2009/12/15/the-gorbals/</link>
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		<title>Day 5 &#8211; register training, finally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the level of organization I have experienced thus far at the URL, it is hardly surprising that when I showed up this morning for my register training (a few minutes late, I admit) I was not expected, and there really wasn&#8217;t anyone there to help.
A very nice gentleman pointed me in the direction of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2009/12/13/day-5-register-training-finally/</link>
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		<title>Day 4 &#8211; dull</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Revelation for today: When the URL is slow, this job is mind-numbing. I am not surprised by the boredom; I am surprised the store was slow on a Saturday evening before Christmas. I&#8217;ll chalk it up to the rain.
The lull did, however, afford me the opportunity to take a few pictures. The manager seemed a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2009/12/13/day-4-dull/</link>
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		<title>Day two/three &#8211; tiny victories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exciting things happen every day. To me. They didn&#8217;t used to, but with a few minor adjustments, I&#8217;ve been able to up my excitement quotient significantly. No, I have not started holding up liquor stores or running out into traffic. In fact, I didn&#8217;t change my behavior at all. The trick to having an exciting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2009/12/11/day-twothree-tiny-victories/</link>
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		<title>Day One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m not working a full-time job for the first time in&#8230; well, in my adult life, I guess. I decided I should take this opportunity to do things I didn&#8217;t have time to do before. I am volunteering at a high school for pregnant and parenting teens. I&#8217;m cooking and baking bread &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachelgfain.com/2009/12/08/day-one/</link>
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